New Testament
Jude
Twenty-five verses: contend for the faith, and trust the One who keeps you.
Letter · 1 chapters · About 5 minutes
c. AD 65–80
Overview
Jude, a brother of Jesus, planned to write a cheerful letter about salvation — and instead had to write an urgent one about protecting it.
Most of the letter is a warning about distortions of grace from within. But its fame is its ending.
The closing doxology — to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling — is one of the most beloved blessings in the church's history.
What it keeps returning to
Kept
The letter begins 'kept for Jesus Christ' and ends 'able to keep you.' Security bookends the warning.
Contending
Some truths are worth defending with both gentleness and spine.
Mercy
Even in a warning letter: 'have mercy on those who doubt.'
Start here
Jude 1–4
The letter Jude didn't plan to write.
Jude 20–23
Build yourselves up; have mercy on doubters.
Jude 24–25
The doxology. Memorise it.
“Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.”